Railfest 2012 @ national Railway Museum (2 – 10 Jun)

Date:

02 Jun 2012 – 10 Jun 2012

Audience:

Suitable for all ages

Type:

Events

Get fired up at Britain’s biggest rail celebration, with 9 exhilarating days of amazing activities for all ages*. Experience a grand gathering of over 30 awe-inspiring locomotives including Flying Scotsman, City of Truro, Tornado and many more.

Climb inside drivers’ cabs, ride on trains big and small and see toy trains from big brands. Get up close to the fastest, strongest and newest locos, and catch rarely-seen vehicles like snow ploughs and leaf blowers.

*Railfest 2012 will be a paid admission event (charges tbc), although we’ll continue to offer free admission to the rest of the Museum throughout the nine-day event.

Locomotive list

The following locomotives have been announced but may be subject to change. Many more locos will be added to this list in the months leading up to the event. Updated 9 Dec

A4 No.4468 Mallard

A3 No.4472 Flying Scotsman

LNWR Webb No.790 Hardwicke

LNER No.60163 Tornado

GWR No.3717 City of Truro

No.6229 Duchess of Hamilton with matching coach

Shropshire & Montgomeryshire 0-4-2WT Gazelle

Schools No.925 Cheltenham

RSH No.1 Castle Donington

A4 No.60007 Sir Nigel Gresley

Peckett No.2150 Mardy Monster

Peckett No.2012 Teddy

Tysley 0-6-0PT No.L94

Webb No.1054 Coal Tank

No.55002 King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Prototype HST

LMS Jubilee Class No.45596 Bahamas

LB&SCR Brighton Belle brake car No.88

Hunslet No.1786 Courage / Sweet Pea

New Spooner’s Boat

New Furness Railway A5 No. 20

New George England Palmerston with FR carriage No. 15 and curly roof van

New Weston Park Railway Peggy

New B&W Engineering observation coach No. BW1000, Sylvia

Tickets

Tickets will be on sale in the new year.

Get fired up at Britain’s biggest rail celebration, with 9 exhilarating days of amazing activities for all ages.

Experience a grand gathering of over 30 awe-inspiring locomotives including Flying Scotsman, City of Truro, Tornado and many more.

Climb inside drivers’ cabs, ride on trains big and small and see toy trains from big brands. Get up close to the fastest, strongest and newest locos, and catch rarely-seen vehicles like snow ploughs and leaf blowers.

Locomotive listThe following locomotives have been announced but may be subject to change. Many more locos will be added to this list in the months leading up to the event

For a traintastic time at Railfest, bring your Koko, Brewster and Wilson fan (whether young or old) to the Chuggington Activity Area.

Every fan who visits will receive a special Chuggington book which links the animated favourites to their original vehicles (look out for two at Railfest!). Bring your camera: younger trainspotters get the chance to dress up as one of the famous Chuggers.

Get crafty with Deltic and Brewster make-and-take activity. Plus see the giant Wilson model made out of Megablocks – and guess the number of blocks used for your chance to win a huge Chuggington prize.

The Family Chill-out Area located is the perfect place to unwind. Enjoy a variety of train-themed TV shows on the big screen, and play with Brewster and other toys in a special Chuggington playspace.